Transcript Financial Fitness

SCANS Competancies
Workplace Know-How
Three-Part Foundation
What skills are required to enter the
workplace?
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Basic Skills – reading, writing, arithmetic,
mathematics, speaking, and listening
Thinking Skills – the ability to learn, reason,
think creatively,
Personal Qualities – Individual
Responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, selfmanagement, and integrity
Job Readiness Skills
What knowledge is needed to perform well on the
job? (5 Workplace Competencies)
 Resources
 Interpersonal
 Information
 Systems
 Technology
Skills
Resources
Workers with resource skills know
how to
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allocate time, money, materials, space, and
workers.
Interpersonal Skills
Workers with interpersonal skills know
how to
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work well on teams, teach others, serve
customers, lead, negotiate, and interact with
people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
Information
Workers with information skills know
how to
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acquire and evaluate data, organize and
maintain files, interpret and communicate,
and use computers to process information.
Systems
Workers with systems skills know how
to
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understand social, organizational, and
technological systems; monitor and correct
performance; design or improve sytems.
Technology
Workers with technology skills know
how to
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select appropriate equipment and tools,
apply technology to specific tasks, maintain
equipment, and troubleshoot equipment
problems.